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1 he Weekly rlonsts Keview« 



Septbmbbb 26, 1907. 



Buy Youi FlowDis Diiect ol M Mm 



The fall weather has cut off the outdoor flowers aad also shortened the supply of roses* 



We are still cutting large quantities of very choice BEAUTIES, KAI SERIN, CARNOT, 

 KILLARNEY, RICHMOND, PERLE, MAID and BRIDE. 



We specialize in early fall flowers. Our plants are several years old, and being frozen down 

 in winter and then started in the spring are so large and strong that they are now at their best 

 and give VERY CHOICE LONG STEMS, WITH BIG, SOLID BUDS. 



AMERICAN BEAUTIES Per doz. 



Stems 36 to 48 incbes $3 00 



Sterna 30 iarhei 2.60 



Stems 24 Ini'heB 2 00 



Stems 20 Inches 1.50 



Stems 16 Inches 1.00 



Shorter stems 60 



Bride, Maid, Liberty, Richmond and Perle per lOO 



A grade, long $5.00 



No. 1 grade Rood average length 4 00 



No. 2 grade, medium and short $2.00to 8.00 



SOHHER ROSES 



KaiB«rin, Camot, Xim Detroit and Xillaney Per 100 



A grade, long and select $6.00to $800 



No. 1 grade, good average length 4.00 to 5 00 



No. 2 grade, medium and short 2.00to 3.00 



CARNATIONS 



Per 100 

 Pink, white and red, short and medium stems $1 50 to $2.00 



Fancy long red and Enchantress 2.50 to 



LILT or THK VALLXT , 



A8PARA.GU8 STRINGS, heavy, per string, 53c 



▲BPARAGUB 8PRA.TB 2.00 to 



8PRKHQBRI 1.50 to 



ADIAMTUM, extra fancy and long 



GALAX, bronze per 1000, $1.50 



GALAX, green " 1.25 



3.00 



4.00 



3.00 

 2.00 

 1.00 



COMMON rSRN8 1.60 



On ord*rs amonntlnff to 98>00 or over wo make no oharir* for boz«s. 



Bassett & Washburn 



OBSBVHOinnS: 



Wholesale Growers and Dealers in Cut Flowers 



Store: 76 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO 



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successful one. A visit to C. W. Ward 's 

 place, at Cottage Gardens, and to the 

 Dailledouze greenhouses, at Flatbush, im- 

 pressed Mr. Browne very much. Robert 

 Rahaley naturally was more interested 

 in the commission houses. He was much 

 impressed with the businesslike appear- 

 ance of the establishment of the S. S. 

 Pennock-Meehan Co., where a force of 

 about thirty-two men is kept busy. He 

 stated that the establishment of the 

 Leo Niessen Co. is the best equipped 

 place he had ever seen. Phil Breitmeyer 

 spoke of the artistic arrangement of the 

 entrance to the convention hall. He said 

 that the majority of people only notice 

 the improved things at an exhibition. 

 J. F. Sullivan was probably the only 

 Detroiter who attended all the meetings 

 of the society. The general hospitality 

 impressed him very much. William Dil- 

 ger took much interest in the parks in 

 the east. He is still of the opinion that 

 our own Belle Isle pa^rk needs but a few 

 hills to put it ahead of them all. 



The secretary was instructed to write 

 a letter of thanks to Dreer's establish- 

 ment, in Riverton, thanking the firm for 

 its hospitality. 



A. L. Barnett, of New York, was an 

 interested N-isitor at the meeting. 



VariotM Notes. 



Murray T. Patterson and his mother 

 have returned from a most pleasant trip 

 to Europe. With the exception of the 

 outward voyage, which was marred by 

 seasickness, they enjoyed the trip im- 

 mensely. 



Beard Bros, have just finished the job 

 of putting in a new boiler and shifting 



the old one. This firm is already cutting 

 some really good carnations. 



E. J. Fancourt, of the Pennock-Mee- 

 han Co., spent several busy days in De- 

 troit last week. 



The date for the annual outing to 

 Mount Clemens is to be announced at 

 the next meeting of the club. 



The question of getting the bulk of 

 the stock to the Detroit commission 

 houses earlier was brought up at the last 

 club meeting and, after a somewhat 

 lengthy discussion, the growers promised 

 to do all they could to eliminate this 

 trouble. Already some stock is arriving 

 at an earlier hour. This change will 

 benefit not only the retailer, but the 

 grower and the wholesale houses as well. 

 The business of many of the dealers does 

 not warrant the keeping of a large stock 

 on hand at the present time; therefore 

 they depend almost entirely on this stock. 



G. H. Taepke had one of the largest 

 wedding jobs of the season last week. 



H.S. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



During last week and the beginning of 

 this one there was a little more life 

 among the retailers and some of them 

 had their hands full with funeral work, 

 which made white flowers in good de- 

 mand. The west end florists have booked 

 a number of orders for October wed- 

 dings. The Veiled Prophet's ball Octo- 

 ber 1 should use up a good bit of first- 

 class stock in American Beauties and 

 other flowers, more so this year, owing 

 to the fact that President Roosevelt will 



be in attendance. The decorations on 

 this occasion by C. Young & Sons Co. 

 will be the best in recent years. Nearly 

 all of our society people have returned 

 from summer resorts and the retailers are 

 looking for a more steady demand in all 

 lines. 



Stock is looking better every day, and 

 especially so with roses. A few hot days 

 last week made them soft and open and 

 of little use for any kind of work, Rich- 

 mond and Killarney being noted for this. 

 Bride and Maid came in better, also 

 pink and white Cochet. Extra fine Car- 

 not and Kaiserin are in demand. Beau- 

 ties in all grades are selling better than 

 ever before at this time of the year. 



Carnations are of better color, but still 

 too short in stem. Asters are almost 

 over, but sell well. Dahlias and cosmos 

 are coming in. Lily of the valley sells 

 well. 



Wild sniilax is now received in large 

 quantities. All other greens are plenti- 

 ful. 



Horticultural Society Meeting. 



The executive committee of the St. 

 Louis Horticultural Society held a meet- 

 ing at the home of C. C. Sanders on the 

 Hunlej' road September 17, Harry 

 Young occupied the chair. There were 

 present F. H. Meinhardt, Theo. Miller, 

 A. Jablonsky, O, G. Koenig. F. C. Web- 

 er, J. Steidle, Alex Waldbart, A. Nich- 

 olson and C. C. Sanders. Plans were 

 laid for the coming flower show, includ- 

 ing the final premium list. The hall 

 committee reported that it had secured 

 the new hall, which is about finished, be- 

 longing to the United Railways Co., 

 at the corner of Park and Vande- 



